Petula Thomas-Jones

(she/her)

LLM PGCE FHEA

Research

My current area of interest is in financial crime risks and money laundering through cryptoassets, and related regulatory preventative measures.

Teaching

Teaching profile

Current academic year 23/24:

Undergraduate modules - Contract law and Financial Crime 

Postgraduate module - Money Laundering and Financial Crime 

Academic year 21/22  and 22/23:

Undergraduate modules - Contract law and Torts law

Postgraduate module - Money Laundering and Financial Crime

Academic year 20/21:

Undergraduate module - Contract law

Postgraduate module - Money Laundering and Financial Crime

Since 2017 I have held the role of module leader and tutor for the Money Laundering and Financial Crime postgraduate course. I have been a member of the undergraduate  teaching team for Contract law since 2019  and subsequently joining the Torts law team. This academic year (23/24) I jointly developed and lead the Financial Crime module for Year 3 students. 

Biography

Academic roles

My current role is lecturer in law on both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Cardiff Law School.  I have taught law and business across a range of further and higher education courses since 1997, having  started my academic career in Post-16 further education and adult education. Following my postgraduate studies and a period in industry I returned to teaching, taking the position of tutor on the Money Laundering and Financial Crime module.

Legal and Commercial experience

I have worked in the financial services and banking sector as an Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime specialist, providing support and guidance to financial crime teams and senior management.

I have worked in the legal profession across pubic, private and voluntary sectors. I started my legal career as a criminal law clerk with the Crown Prosecution Service.  Following my Solicitors Exams, I joined a criminal law firm as a trainee undertaking a variety of responsibilities including court attendances and police station reperesentation.  Throughout my career in law I have devoted time to voluntary organisations providing legal support to the public including the Citizens Advice Bureau and the Speakeasy Law Centre in Cardiff.

Chairs /committees

In 2016 I founded and chaired the SouthWest Compliance Forum, a networking group for financial crime and compliance professionals across Cardiff and Bristol.

Professional memberships

Member of the International Compliance Assoication

Committees and reviewing

Founder and Chair of the SouthWest Compliance Forum

Supervisions

Money laundering 

Cryptocurrency/cryptoassets 

Financial Crime

Green Collar Crime

Environmental Crime

Bribery and Corruption